What is WOM guide

Representing the people’s voice of dining in the city, WOMguide.com is a comprehensive and unique online food magazine and restaurant guide.

WOM is short for “Word of Mouth”, the technique adopted widely when it comes to restaurant recommendations.

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About WOM – www.WOMguide.com

WOM guide is a food publication for Hong Kong, available in print and online editions (www.WOMguide.com and www.WOM.hk). The book is currently in its 10th edition, and have reached bestseller lists in major bookstores across Hong Kong.

WOM guide covers restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau, and interviews renowned chefs in town as well as those visiting from abroad, including Ferran Adria (of el Bulli fame), and Michel Roux, Gary Danko, etc. WOM guide is recognised as an authority in dining, and have been featured by major media such as CNN, Financial Times, Time Out, Wall Street Journal, SCMP, The Guardian, and most local publications.

WOM guide is a recipient of the SME Entrepreneurial Award. Its Co-Founders are on judging panels of major awards, including the World’s Top 50 Restaurants, Hong Kong Tourism Board Culinary Awards, the Cathay Pacific International Wine and Spirits Competition, and other awards organised by media such as CNN and Time Out. WOM guide has also organised numerous events, both in-house and for other corporate promotions.

WOM has launched an annual TOP 10 Restaurant Award at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in 2014, with 280+ restaurants participating. Aside from its own publications, we also work on custom publishing for other corporations.

What people say about WOM guide

“Much more than a rating system, WOM is a guide every gourmet food and wine lover must have to live well and enjoy life in Hong Kong to the fullest!” - Fritz Sommerau, Head of Hospitality Services, Hong Kong Jockey Club

“A lovely encyclopaedia of tastes and feelings for a gourmet with a global stomach.” - Chip Tsao, Columnist / Broadcaster

“WOM has worked with Heep Hong Society on different occations and has helped raise funds for our organization. Their unbiased restaurant guide and constantly updated website are valuable to both locals and tourists who dare jump out of their comfort zone for dining surprises.” - Heep Hong Society

“What, Chaxiubao needs a guidebook to decide which dining spot to go to?! In a city amash with food guides. The ever smashing WOM Guide is the only restaurant guide I would turn to for dining out ideas. -Josh Tse (food blog: chaxiubao.typepad.com)

“The team at WOM came up with a fully repackaged WOM Guide for Top Secret – a page-by-page customized guide with our own corporate branding – which we gave to VIPs as premium. Our customers find the dining guide useful, and are reminded of our brand day-in day-out as they searched for delicacies and dining excitements throughout the year.” - Vincent Leung, Executive Director, Top Secret Fashion Concepts Limited

“In such a quick-evolving market, a publication such as the WOM Guide is most invaluable. The wonderful thing about WOM is that the readers, everyday folk, are the source of market intelligence. Instead of relying on a few experts, WOM has enlisted an army of traveling and dining and rating experts.” - Martin Yan, Chef & Host, TV show “Yan Can Cook”

“Easy-to-use grading system…WOM Guide is a handy little book for anyone living in or visiting Hong Kong ” -Lifestyle+Travel magazine

“WOM Guide is the restaurant guide for Hong Kong. It is perfect for finding the right venues for client entertainment; everyone on our team uses it.” - Sheldon Trainor, Head of Asia Investment Banking, Merrill Lynch

“WOM Guide is perfect as an aide memoire if I need inspiration for where to eat…also the unbiased, honest opinions are exactly what I’m after.” - Nicholas Pegna, Managing Director, Berry Brothers & Rudd

“Robert Walters has been using customized WOM Guides for the last two editions and our clients love them. We look forward to the (next) edition of WOM Guide.” - Shane Sibraa, Managing Director, Robert Walters

“Simmons & Simmons has had a huge demand for our WOM Guide, with it being snapped up on all the occasions we’ve made it available to our contacts.” - Paul Li, Managing Partner, Simmons & Simmons